Articles by Grist staff

You’ve Got Whale

Feds propose threatened status for Puget Sound orcas The National Marine Fisheries Service yesterday proposed giving threatened status to a population of 80-some orcas that spend their summers in Washington state’s Puget Sound and the waters surrounding British Columbia’s Vancouver Island. Government officials say the listing would be somewhat symbolic, as the marine mammals already […]

An interview with John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods

John Mackey wants you to buy his organic squash. He’s the Bill Gates of organic foods. John Mackey, founder and CEO of the Whole Foods empire, started his original health-food store, called Safer Way, in a garage in Austin, Texas, in 1978. Local farmers would drop off produce from junky old pickups, hippie bakers would […]

Migrate Expectations

Climate change taking its toll on North American wildlife Never mind polar bears and penguins — turns out global warming is having its way with the feathered and furry throughout North America. A three-year study released yesterday by the Wildlife Society, a nonpartisan group of wildlife experts, suggests that climate change in North America is […]

We Know, We Know, You’re Sick of Hearing About Tajikistan, but …

Former Soviet republic littered with radioactive mine sites The former Soviet republic of Tajikistan may be on the brink of environmental disaster as decades-old abandoned uranium mines lie open to the elements and some 55 million tons of nuclear waste contaminate the northern part of the country, left in the wake of Stalin’s arms race […]